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I held a major position in a small business for many years, and designed and/or made most of the company's product. I quit to start a competing business. In what respects can I advertise my previous position? Can I name the old company, link to it, I assume I can't use their images of my work......
quit job, ex-employer pretending to be me via emailI recently quit a sales position with a medium size ($40M yr) company. This week I found out that two vendors who I work with have received emails from my old company that came from my old email address which is my first name initial followed by my last name. It appears that my ex boss is......
quick web domain questionWhat is the name of your state? Colorado Hello, I own hubbleprints.com. It seems I can sell stuff that is public domain as a few other sites are, but, can I sell prints with the web address hubbleprints.com? thanks for your time Nigel Edit: heh, my question does not make sense to me either. I......
Quick question: re: "Patent Pending"I know we can search patents issued on the web, does anyone know if there is a way to find out if a company who is claiming a "patent pending" has indeed filed for a patent?...
Quick question....What is the name of your state? Washington State My brothers in the t-shirt design and custom cup / mug design. He sows (with a machine) and bakes slogans (like screen printing) and phases on t-shirts and mugs for a living. He'd like to make a few t-shirts and mugs with the phase "got......
Quick question.What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania. I'm a 16 year old film maker. A friend of mine and I plan on making a film for a film festival coming up. We want to film at the local mall, due to the many people that will be there. Basically its us going up to them, and being very Christian......
Quick question regarding torrents.US, Michigan hello, I really had no idea where to post this so anyway. I was wondering if it is legal to link from my website to another site that is linking to an illegal music/movie torrent?...
Questions regarding copyrighted photosWhat is the name of your state? Ohio Am just out of school and starting a site for profit offering local businesses more exposure for them. My question is right now I have photos in the site that I have manipulated, changed color tones, distorted and changed as much as possible in Photoshop.......
questions re a CIP prosecutionWhat is the name of your state? California I filed a utility patent. I rec'd a first office response rejecting it on the grounds that it failed to comport to proper patent procedure. I agree. I filed a response to which examiner stated that I should file as a CIP. My questions are this: 1. If......
Questions About Copyright & TrademarkWhat is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Connecticut Hi there, I would like some advice on copyright and trademark laws. I am starting a website that sells signs, greeting cards, stationary etc. My questions are.. 1. Can I use images of The Simpsons, Disney Characters......
[Tax Law] Yes. On the bottom of each return, there is a "Save" button that will allow you to save the return without submitting it to the Department. When you revisit the web site, simply select the form from the Select Forms page. The saved form will then appear for you to complete and submit to.........
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt failure[Accidents & Personal Injury Law] What is the name of your state? Arkansas Our son was 7 weeks early and was diagnosed with hydrocephalus at 4 months. He had a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt placed and was fine until April of this year when the catheter was obstructed. They did a revision and he was good until about 3 months later.........
being sued on Contract from former salon[BUSINESS & FINANCIAL & Corporate LAW] I'm being sued on a loop hole in my contract. I moved to a new Salon and my old salon is suing me on the fact that I'm to close on distance. The original contract that I signed said no less than 5 miles DRIVING distance. My new salon is more than 6 miles away in the same city. They are claiming.........
Admissibility of e-mail & 'net surfing habits[Additional Legal Subjects] Jackelope369 wrote: Is a warrant required for this info? I've been told the police can simply ask an ISP for the info and the ISP often will hand it over. Is this true, and if so, is this evidence admissible? Generally, an investigator is going to get telecommunications records under grand jury.........
Realtor downplayed gun noises[Real Estate & Property Law] Hi, I purchased a house in Frederick County, Maryland in January. I used the seller's real estate agent and he acted as a disclosed dual agent. My husband, the agent, the owner of the house and I were discussing the house before I bought it. I don't remember who brought it up, but the owner.........
How Do I Find Out if I'm Divorced[Family Law] we file paperwor for divorce back on sep, 2007, and wanted to know where i can findout if it has been finalized, and how long before you can get married?......
Hit & Run on a Parked Car[Insurance Law] My question involves insurance law for the state of: New York I was recently involved in a hit and run on a parked car. But told the insurance company that I was hit by somone who ran a red light. The owner of the parked car has filed an insurance claim aginst me. I have full coverage and my.........
leaving the scene[Accidents & Personal Injury Law] What is the name of your state? What is the name of your state? ILLINOIS i was ticketed for leaving the scene of an accident and improper lane usage after briefly falling asleep and bumping into the car next to me. now i have to go to court. what will happen? what do i do?......
Significant delays in ins. claim processing[Additional Legal Subjects] I had significant damage done by a drain cleaning company, and I filed a claim with my home insurance co. (one of the very big ones). They conducted on-site interview/investigation using a locally contracted company but that company lost the materials. After I complained to my ins.co. that things.........
non-exclusive easement[Real Estate & Property Law] What is the name of your state?undefinedWhat is the name of your state? California What is the definition of "non-exclusive easement"?......
What is the name of your state? California After reading all about the RIAA suing individual people who downloaded music I've become interested in this issue. I was curious if the MPAA is taking similar action against downloading movies and burning copies of DVDs, either from friends or rentals.......
What is the name of your state? NY I am writing a book about gaming strategies. It will emcompass all types of games and I want to use specific examples like Halo maps and the weapons in it. Can I do this or do I need Microsoft's permission to mention their game and maps in it? I know that if......
What is the name of your state? Wisconsin When I was looking at a message on a gaming forum regarding links to sites for PDAs, I found two links that sound like they're related to East Asian culture (they have "chan" in their names). I went to them and found some strange sounding terms......
What is the name of your state? AZ I have a debate to do and I am having trouble coming up with a good arguement, I am on the no side. So far i am using Fair use, what do you guys think would be a good point for an arguement?...
What is the name of your state? CA I am an artist. I am hoping to get my children's story published. I have never tried to publish anything before, so I wasn't sure who to ask. I was wondering if it was alright for me to use the likeness of a house in my story. I took a photo of a victorian......
Hi, my name is Gary. I am a musician, i have three songs that i have wrote, and created all melody too. I basically done everything. I needed somebody to that has the equipment to do this. So, i hired this person with a studio to play the instuments and put music to them. I am paying him per hour......
What is the name of your state?- Tennessee I have a question that I wanted to run by people who know what they are talking about- Would it be legal to download episodes of TV shows (namely Seinfeld) onto my computer? I don't see how it is any different than recording to DVD off of the TV and......
What is the name of your state? New York Hi, my name is Nicholas and I am the owner for a company selling glass drinking boots. These boots were featured in the movie BeerFest. In Germany they are extremely popular and have been around for 100 years. There are two techniques used in order to......
Hi, I live in IL and sell an ebook on the internet. It is copyright. But some yahoo has copied it. some word for word but some in his own words. I am really angry and he has copied all the methods. He sells it as another book under his own name. He is not reproducing mine. He has a totally......
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY Hi, I have a few questions about protecting my copyrighted material in a joint venture project on a website. The owner of the site wants me to be an online instructor in the field we work in, whereby I produce downloadable and video tutorials......